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THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN TOTS WEATHER THTJNPERSHOWERS CITIZEN WANT ADS BRING RESULTS VOL. XXXIII, NO. 263. ASHEVILLE, N. 0, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 13, 1917. PRICE FIVE CENTS RUSSIANS PUSH INOUTFLANKING DRIVEAGAINSTTHE AUSTRO-EERWIANS Advance Now Threatens Se curity of Line Protect ing Lemberg. ' GEN. KORNTLOFF IS STEADILY MOVING ON British Drive Off German Raiding Parties Near Belgian Coast. FINAL PLANS FOR SELECTIVE DRAFT ARE MADE PUBLIC Those Standing at Head of List Will Be Called Up First. FIRST NUMBER OUT COVERS ALL DISTRICTS PRESIDENT AES I STEPS TO SETTLE SIP NG1DDLE Drawings Will Be Public and Each Number Will Be An nounced as Drawn, Authorizes Major General Goethals to Take Charge of Fleet Construction. DIVIDES HIS POWERS WITH CANAL WIZARD About to Lose a Big One Another step la th outflanking of tb Austro-Qermen armlet protect ing Lemberg on the tut bu bean achieved by the Ruailana who have crossed the River Lomnlca and cap tured Kaluu. Beyond the Lomnica and south of the Dniester weet of Mallei, General KornilofTs advance continue. When the Russians occu pied Kaluu. after forclnc a paaeare ef the Lomnlca, they had advanced twenty miles northweitward from Btanlalau In five day a. in the aame time the Eighth Russian army took Hallcs and crossed the Dniester there and began an advance between Ctanlslau and Bohorodosany. A rreat Hveda-e haa been torn In the Austro- German Una south of th Dniester and the army headquarters In that region was occupied In the taking of Kalusi. Lemberg Threatened. The taking- of Halloa. Tuesday, was a threat against the Austro-Oerman line northward through Brxezany along the Zlota LI pa and the crossing of the Lomnlca and an advance db yond la to blow to the security of the line protecting Lemberg. Should the Russian advance west of Btanlslau continue unchecked and should large Russian forces be thrown across the Dniester In the region of Hallcs. the Zlota Lipa line, unbroken by the Russian onslaught of July 1. will be turned, making a general retirement Inevitable. On the southern end of the Stanls lau front, which Is In the foothills of the Carpathians, the Russians are not advancing as rapidly aa on the northern end. The energy, la taklnxluset-distriet advantage 61. Hie '"hilly country and) The secon has checked momentarily west of Bohorodozany. British iusy. In France the- Bjtish have driven off German raiding parties near the Belgian coast and west of Queant. southeast of Arras, The artillery ac tivitv on this part of the front has been more pronounced and ten Ger man aimlanes were driven down, six out of control, ' by British airmen, three of whom failed to return to their base. Behind the German line near the coast in Flanders, British attacks (Continued on Page Two.) yfJE IS Committee Proposes That Negro Should Be Head of Bureau. TO CONTROL LABOR. WASHINGTON. July 12. Creation ot a negro bureau of industrial econo mic, to handle the labor problem in the south, growing out of the migration northward of thousand of negroes, mostly under the lure of better pay. was urged on Secretary Wilson at a coin fare nee today with Repreeentativ. Howard, of Georgia, W. T. Dabney, business manager of the chamber o(f commerce of Rich mond, Va., A. T. Royall, chairman of thai body committee otn colored labor, W. H. Adams, president of (Richmond board of aldermen and city. f The proposal was that Secretary Wilson approve, aa a war emergency proposition, the loo-oduotloa of a bill to establish in Ms department of labor a bureau of industrial economics with a negro at its head. Secretary Wilson finally told the delegation that the "unnatural and abnormal move ment of negroes from the south to the railroad camps, cities and other places rn the north is a matter that has at tracted 'our attention for a year or more." He said that the department's investigation, not as thorough as lis would like, had shown that agents from the north have traveled through the south, with misleading representa tions. He said the government can act to. stop the misrepresentations under interstate commerce laws. He stated that he would be glad to re ceive a detailed memorandum, which the delegation agreed to submit Giles B. Jackson, making the prin cipal plea, said the negroes belongs to the south; that he Is more useful there than anywhere else, and is needed there to produce the forage necersary for the nation In Its crisis. He said the negroes had been lured way to the north and could be rer- uaded to come back by negro agents af the latter have the authority of the government back of them. He said that he had found negro labor, migrated from the south, homeless in large numbers an Philadelphia, New York and Pittsburgh. 'Think of It," " lie said, "sons of cabinet officers and congressmen, the chivalry of the north and south, working for their coun try, while bis; strapping black men . at Ml," WASHINGTON'. July 11. Drawing of lots for th selective draft not only will determine what men are to be called to the colors In th first war army, but will show In what order the others registered, will be liable for service when later armies ars or ganised. It was revealed tonight that a plan of drawing will be followed under which a definite place In the waKlng lists will be given every one of the millions who registered. Those standing at the head of the list iri each county or city district, will be called first before the examination boards and then obligation will pass on down the line aa long as men are needed. This does not mean that a separate name or number will be drawn for every on of th country's M0O.0OO registrants. In fact, every number drawn, under the theory of the plan. will repreaent mora than 4.000 men. one for each of the registration die tricts. Details of the system have not been made public, but an outline of Its principal features follows: Every registration board has num bered the cards in its possession In red Ink, beginning at No. 1. and con Unulng to a number corresponding with the total in the district. At the drawing, numbers will be used ranging from one up to a num ber corresponding to the total In the largest district of the country. First Out Governs. The first number drawn will deter mine what man in each district Is to be tajcen first. If It be Number ten, for example, it will mean that the man In each district holding card Number ten will be called for exami nation before any of th other men in General Ooethak' Friends Regard President's Action as a Complete Victory. second number drawn will de termine what man in each district Is to be taken second, and so on as long as men are needed.' Thoae not need ed for the first war army will ratals their positions on the lists and these positions will determine the order of their liability when they are needed. The drawing will be public and each number will be announced as it is drawn. At the offices of most local exemption boards, the red Ink num bers of the registrants already are posted, so that registrants may inform themselves before hand of their re spective numbers. If they do, as soon as word of the drawing comes they will know In Just what order of lia bility they stand. Pro Hata Basts. . Obviously there will be no high numbers drawn for which there are no corresponding registrant in small districts. The smallest district In the country is understood to have but 187 registrants, and the largest about 7, 000. Whenever a number beyond the total In any given district comes out, It will operate as a blank tor that district. Thus, If tho theory worKs (Continued on Page Two.) WASHINGTON'. July IS The con troversy over the government's ship ping program was' settled by Preai dent Wilson today by directing th emergency fleet corporation, of which Major General Goethals Is manager. to take charge of construction and by authorixuier the shipping board to operate the vessels after they are built and to requisition and operate tonnage now on the seas. The president by dividing the pow ers conferred on him by congress, cleared the way for an immediate speeding up of construction. General Goethals will commandeer at once th contracts for most of the two million tons of ships building in American yard and will, put on double and triple labor shifts to hurry their com pletion. Comnisndcer Supplies. Under the shipping law the fleet corporation is empowered also to commandeer supplies needed for ship construction, but It is believed to day's agreement between the govern ment end steel interests will make this step unnecessary. The empowering legislation as originally drawn authorized the presi dent to delegate to the general man ager of the fleet corporation person ally the power to apend $500,000,000 for shipbuilding and to put the gen eral manager in charge of construc tion. As Anally passed, however, the measure left the executive free to choose his own agency and out of this grew th controversy between Chair man Denman, of the shipping board and General Goethals. - ' - y Victory For Goethals. Th action Of the president was hailed by General Goethal's friends as a victory, although Chairman Pen man, as president of the corporation, must approve all contracts. It was made - clear tonight that General Goethals will be given a free hand. The board will not interfere, it is understood, with hie plans. Most of the first $500,000,000 ap propriated for ship construction ha gone into contracts for both steel and wooden ships. A sum or izso.ooo.ooo authorised for commandeering con tracts and for requisitioning tonnage on the seas will be divided, it was an. nounced, tonight, between the ship ping board and the fleet corporation, The apportionment has not been de termined, but most of it probably will be used to speed construction. Chairman Penman has asked Gen eral Goethals to outline a plan for commandeering contracts and ships on stocks that th shipping board may know how much money will be re quired. Chairman Detrunam and General Goethals are preparing to ask con gress in the near future for a second $600,000,000 appropriation for ship construction. ONE THOUSAND "INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF TfiE WORLD" ARE DRIVEN OUT OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA BY AROUSED CITIZENS Six Weeks of Crowing Agitation At Bisbee and Other Points Culminates In Determined Action by Citizens' Protective LeagueTwo Men Reported to Have Been Killed During the 1 Work of DeportationGo on Cattle Trains. SELECTION OF GAMP SITES FOR THE NATIONAL GUARD Hattiesburg, Miss., Alex andria, La., and Charlotte the Lucky Winners. CHARLOTTE CAPTURES . FAYETTEVILLE CAMP IS T General Rejoicing at Meck lenburg Capital Over Landing of Prize. FAYETTEVILLE LOSES. WASHINGTON, July 12. Selection of sixteen camp sites for the national guard was completed today, when Sec retary Baker approved Hattiesburg, 'Miss., and Alexandria, La., and an nounced the change of the Fayette- vllle. N. C, site to Charlotte, N. C. Routing of the guardsmen from all 'states to the camps for training pre liminary to their departure for France, was Immediately worked out 'by the militia bureau and the list of assignments submitted to Major-Gen eral Bliss, acting chief of staff for approval. None of the bureau' rec ommendations were revealed. The Arst inorement of the guard will be called into Service of the federal government next Sunday, although the draft clause of the national de fense act will not be applied to any of the guardsmen until August S. Movement to the camp sites begins within a few days as supplies suffi cient for the men already have been secured. The fact .that the guard Is to be under training even before drawing for the selective army begins, indi cates that of the mea drawn th first to see service will be those assigned to All vacancies in th guard or th regulars. Presumably the first ..men turned into the army by this process will go to these two forces and they may be under orders to join their regiments in less than two weeks. ' No. announcement has been made as to the course to be .followed with guard regiments already in the fed eral service and which are doing vsJ- 30,000 SOLDIERS. HAJRIX)TTCE, N. a, July It. Th war department has at last offi cially announced that Charlotte will get an army camp. It is universally regretted in Charlotte that Fayette vllle lost her camp to this city. It was not th intention of the business men of Charlotte, who have bees persistently after this camp, to take it away from Fayettevlll. Charlotte was after another camp, but Fayettevlll could not meet the requirements and her camp goes to Charlotte, here haa been nothing but the best feeling between the two cities during the struggle. The news that the camp will be located here is received with gener al satisfaction In Charlotte. Th camp is understood to be semi cantonment The main building or ouriamga oi wooa and the tents i erected on wooaen frames. Ln the divl. si on sent here there will be about io.uuu to u,uuu re is inougnt WHY CHARLOTTE WOJf. WASHINGTON, July 11. Char lotte, N. C was chosen a a site for a national guard camp over Fayette vllle. N. C, "solely om the ground of the) accessibility of an enlanretl and adequate water supply," according to a statement from the committee on public information tonight. The statement said that Secretary Baker expressed approval of the hearty co-operation of the people of Fayettevlll and their generous atti tude, but pointed out BISBEB, Ariv July 12. More than 1.000 Industrial Workers of the World, deported froth 'Bisbee today are aboard two special trains of cattl cars tonight "speeding toward New Mexico. Thlr announced destination is Columbus. Th special train car rying them left Warren at noon. Th men were Jriven from th city by deputy sheriff,, about 2,000 armed men, members , of an organization knows as theltUen Protective league." Two men were killed during the work of deportation. A strike was called her by th Metal Workers' branch of the I. W. W. about two weeks ago. Since then, according to officials, scores of Strang men have been In Bisbee. Thess men are al leged to have prevented miners from returning to work. Plans for the round up of alleged undesirables were made at midnight by Harry C. Wheeler, sheriff of Cochise county. Within two hours th sheriff bad dep utized 1.200 men and ordered them to report at various points at t o'clock this morning. When th bands of citi zens assembled, those who were not already armed were given rifles and revolvers with instructions to use them only in self-defense. "Until the last I. W. W. Is run out" was the watchword passed to the waiting men. At 6:30 special newspaper editions appeared containing a proclamation by Sheriff Wheeler ordering women and children to keep off the streets during the day. It also Instructed deputies to arrest "on charges of vag rancy, treason" all disturbers of the peace of Cochise county, airmen who Have congregated here from other parts and sections for the purpose of harassing and Intimidating all men who desire to pursue their daily toll. Armed Citlsens. Simultaneously five bands of armed citizens appeared as if by magic. Some hurried from alleys, others came streaming from store rooms and some sprang down from low roofs of busi ness buildings. All marched in a business-like manner to the center of the town. Every strange man on the streets was challenged and every suspicious looking Individual was placed under arrest. Four squads of citizens coming from different paru of th city reached th cenUr of th town at the same time. Each band was marching with several hundred prisoner. The (baseball park at Warren was chosen for th place of assembling the mea and whn th prisoners reached the park th hundred of spectators began to Jeer. When th prisoners wef tnsld th nclosur half th armed bands form ed a guard around th park while th other half started a systematic search of th entire district for th men who wr ldntlfld with tb I. w. w. All Questioned. Armed men .went through rooming houses and restaurants questioning every one. Those who did not answer satisfactorily were marched between long lines of citizens to th park. Shortly before noon, a special train of cattle cars rolled up to the park. As each man entered the car, ha was asked If he wanted to go to work or If he could give the name of a reliable citizen who would vouch for him. Those who expressed a desire for em ployment were neia (or lurtner in vestigation. . Several prominent citizens of Bis bee and Lowell who opsnly declared they were In sympathy with the I. W. W. movement, wer forced Into the cars with the unkempt crowds. Among these was Wm. B. Cleary, an attorney widely known through Arizona, who was taken Into custody when the raid started. Cleary was alleged to have spoken openly In favor of the I. W. W. movement. GROWING AGITATION. SAN FRANCISCO, July 12. De portation, undertaken today at Bis bee, Ariz., of more than 1,000 In dustrial Workers of the World, center ed attention upon an agitation which has rleen In the west to considerable proportions after manifesting itself sporadically from coast to coast for years. From the Canadian border to Mexico, civic, state and military authorities were alert tonight to sup press disorder. Disturbances fomented admittedly by the organization and spreading Into various branch of Industry, carry with them ta virtually every Instance a demand for higher wages. O metals in some states pronounced th move ment on to reduce production W supplies necessary to the conduct of the war. but while German influence and financial support was charged by some of them, no direct substantia tlon of this accusation could be had. Organizers of the I. W. W. epeclallly In Arizona.-' were reported to be well financed fromsjsources unknown, even to those welrvrd ta the working of th body. . Report Suppressed. . Military censorship which repressed accounts of immediate occurrences In Arizona., (till permitted a fairly ex tensive view of th general situation. Strikes war on tonight la th copper mines of Arizona and Montana. They were . threatened In the mine of Colorado, Nevada and Utah. There were lumber stnxe in laano ana Washington, with lagttatlon in the lurftber districts of Oregon. Threats had been made to destroy the wheat fields of the northwest ana the state council, of defense of Washington ap pointed a committee especially to deal with the Industrial Workers of th World, lest harm com to the crops. Existing disturbances reached into Mexico. -Made Threats. Bodily resistance to constituted and unconstttuted authority has not manl fested itself to any great extent ta the recent western operatlxm of the or gamlzatlon. Sixty I. W. W'i. were deported from Jerome, Ariz., and re- deported from Needles. Calif., with out physical violence. Threats attri buted to them are generally against property. They say they base their demands and actions) upon tns theories ot George Sorel, a Frenchman amd got from him the plan of prop erty destruction as a lever to gun their end. which they define as "in dustrial democracy." This property destruction as advocated and practic ed fan the west, of late, has taken forms. : Lumber mills have had their costly saws splintered by spikes driven Into logs. Into tho orchard districts, fruit treos have died after copper nails had been hammered into them. The organizers proclaim the move ment to bp world-wUle. The ri flag HOLLWEG IS Si TO HAVE RESIGNED CHANCELLORSHIP Confirmation of Report Hag Not Tet Been Received Says Berne. BIO CRISIS MAT TTAVt! APttnnTl V V M atTaVMMftfc V eWA' Joint Reichstag Resolution on Question of PCb is Expected Soon. a... BERNE, July 11. (British , admiralty per wireless press.) The Voeelscbe Zeltung of Berlin, says the German fan portal chancellor. Dr. too BethnMuui-HoUweg has re signed. Cntperor William, the newspaper adds, has not ac cepted the resignation. A tele gram from Berlin today says that It was the intervention of the crown prince that caused the chancellor to tender his resignation. No oonflrmaOoo Is obtainable at this time. (Continued on Page Two.) JUDGE COX APPOINTED COLONEL IN ARTILLERY MAJOR-GENERAL SEBEflT Noted State Jurist Resigns! He Will Command American Training Camp Behind the French Front. From Bench to- Answer Call to Colors. ; RALEIGH. N. C, July U. Oover- nor Blckett commissioned Judge Al bert u Cox, of the superior court bench, as th colonel for th new resrtment of artillery for the North Carolina national guard. Judge Cox reslams from the bench and at once launches a whirlwind campaign for recruits for the regiment of artillery, a number of the units for which must be recruited from the very start. Friends of Judge Cox. who regret ex ceedingly to have him retire from the bench where he nas aireaay maae a PARIS, July 12 Afajer-General Wm. Sibert, who will command the American training camp behind th French front, arrived here today. Major-General John J. Pershing, commander of th American forces, visited the largest ammunition plant In the Paris district today. He was shown about by Albert Thomas, min ister of munitions. It Is announced that th American Red Cross will take over all French infirmaries relief stations between Its bases and tb portion of the front Forty-One Operators and Sixty-Nine Corporations Are Whitewashed. a new water unnlv would havs to be t.nnjti n liable work In guarding property all aucnlv the Favetteville site, and thl ovr th country, ' moui& UX coosideiraU tia splendid Impression, ar predicting. wher tn American troops wm o. that his action in coming into this placed, supplanting the French who war service voluntarily, when he was will take up other duties elsewhere, exempt because of his judicial posi- The American troops In France, it tlon. will havs a fine effect In Insplr- is made known in a partial report of lng young men throughout the state to rally to the colors and offer their services in the new regiment or artil lery. Governor Blckett. has tendered th Judgeship resigned by Judge Cox to T. H. Calvrt who was assistant at-tornay-ganeral under Blckett. Mr. Calvert will accept after laying the matter before the code commission, from which hs holds a commission for codification of ths laws. THE WEATHER. ; WASHINGTON. July U. Forecast for .North Carolina: Local thunder- ' . . i . I .... m A m K w k m Art.. n nf. wvesuji-iivuv - fleers, will discard the well-known poncho while in servlc In Franc and will adopt th French cavalry slicker in a modified form as best adapted to trench fighting. Th troops also will be equipped with sleeveless canvas jerkins, lined with wool, as sleeping bags and with numerous other device that hav proved effi cacious against th intense cold of winter. . , ' Ths familiar putt will disappear in favor of cloth leggings such as were ussd bv th expeditionary ore in Mexico. Each soiaier wui nav a shower Friday and probaUy Satur- J folding cloth fatigue cap to wear ua ayj 'tfet th IrkJOSt glee, halmej, NEW YORK, July 1. The Jury m the case of th semi-bituminous coal operators and companies in Vir ginia and West Virginia on trial charged with violation of th Sher man anti-trust law brought In ft ver dict today of not guilty for all the defendants. Th Jury deliberated twenty-three and one-half hours before reaching their verdict which freed forty-one operators and sixty-nine corporations from, th government's charges. The trial began three weeks ago last Mon day, when the charges included sixty four individuals and 108 corporations, but as the trial progressed. Indict ments against a number of the de fendants were dismissed by Judge Grubb. 'Attorneys estimated today that th trial cost the government and de fense about 0,000. Thirty lawyers in all, some of them leaders of the bar of New York, Vir ginia, West Virginia, . Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and the District of Co lumbia, wer retained by the accused, NEGROES DISCHARGED. CABINET MAT RESIGW. AMSTERDAM, July 114. rumor has rsachsd Holland that th nr German government will resign with Imperial Chancellor Ton Bethmaon Hollwek, th main committee of th relchstag having refused to rot a war credit unless ths government declares Its policy regarding peace and reform which th government has declined to do. An imperial proclamation is considered Imminent. ' Th Vosslsch Zeitnng and Local Anselger, both of Berlin, agree that th chancellor resigned owing to a letter from th center or elerical par ty, declaring that the conclusion, of a peac would b tendered mor diffi cult ir n retained his omce. , , . GRAVE KITUATIO. w COPENHAGEN, July 11 Tb re sults of the German political crisis with Its portentlous displays . of ex. , traordinary crows, councils, consults, tlons with th heir tp th throne., the formation of Insurgent majorities la , th relchstag and a storm of pros excitement, are, ursv rnwice- tlons at least comparatively small. FOL Box Hollweg Take Two The Introduction , ot the phrase "equal suffrage"- Into th German -emperor's Easter manifesto merely re stores a provision which, according to Berlin gossip, was contained In th oiistnal draft of th manifesto 'and was ajlmlnatd at th last moment in - eonssauence of tne . reactionary ln- trtsu atalnst the realisation or tb emperor's wish for universal, .equal.' direct and secret suffrage in Prussia,,, by th reactionary Prussian dit, which on an earlier occasion did not (Continued en Page Two.) FOB THEELKS IS NAMED John & Tener is Head of Commission to Dispose of Million. OTHER MEMBERS. (BOSTON. July II.-A special com mission of th Benevolent and Pro tective Order of Elks to determine how the million dollar war relief fund voted by the order- shall be spent, was appointed at the dosing grand lodge session today by th retiring grand exalted ruler, Edward Rlghtor. of New Orleans. John K. Tener was named a chairman, and Joseph T. Fanning, Indianapolis, secretary. Th other members are Jerome . Fischer, Jamestown, N. T. Jaa, R. Nicholson, ot this city, and Mr. Rlghtor. ' - Th commission neia an organx satlon meeting and decided to open official headquarters in (New York city. As not all of the fund win be needed at once, it was voted to make a levy of $45,0H upon the subordi nate lodges as the first Installment. Th lodge will be assessed according to their total membership. The first official act of the newly-elected grand exalted ruler, Fred G. Harper, of Lynchburg, Va., was th appointment of Colonel Jas.' A. Scott of Lynch burg, as his secretary. The board of grand trustees organized today and elected Sam B. Perrott of Indlanapo- j lis, as chairman. BBUUErVTVUB, 111.. July IS. One hundred negroes employed at ths new government aviation field near here havs been discharged, because woti men - refused to work 'With thm.f Tt eras Uarntd today. . THE ASBEVILIE ClllZCN Circulation Yesterday City . . . Suburban Country .. 4,803 4,771 1,647 Net paid . . .11,221 Service . . . . . 228 Unpaid . . . . . v 123 ' Total . . .:. 1172
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